O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
next number (magazine, etc.); next issue
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
morning session (stock exchange); morning trading
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
tear gland; lacrimal gland
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
hereabouts; around there; that area
mirror surface; lens surface
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
very much; extremely; greatly
valine; (with a) whoomp; smash; crunch
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
(arch.) beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer); hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
late at night; at a late hour
affidavit; deposition; testimony
arrest; apprehension; capture
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive